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Gratidão

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Viva cada dia com gratidão, não porque a vida é boa. Na verdade, se você olhar para a realidade de muitas situações, você perde a referência da palavra gratidão. Mas, porque você consegue sobreviver a tudo que asfixia tal realidade. O intuito maior de estarmos aqui é acrescentar valor a vida, a nossa existência como todo. Portanto, se meio de tantas adversidades, você conseguir relativizar a importância dos fatos em relação a vida, e superar as próprias angústias, você é capaz de olhar a vida com.. gratidão.

Marii Freire Pereira

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Santarém, Pa 18 de novembro de 2021

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O homem é inimigo daquilo que julga por certo

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Nem donos da razão

Nem perfeitos

Nem responsável por todos os fracassos.

O ser humano é uma mistura do incompleto,

Com o irregular,

Com as suas confidencias,

E o aprimoramento da beleza,

Com o intusiasmo íntimo.

E a leveza dos momentos fugazes.

Seres únicos!

Capazes de fazer pacto com a vida.

Com Deus e o Diabo ao mesmo tempo.

Cedo se reza, ao longo do dia, se pragueja.

Mas, cada pessoa

Carrega consigo, o desejo pela paz.

Ora, tem-se a sorte revestida de sofrimento,

Ora, de uma alegria absoluta.

O homem é assim,

Num instante, ele coloca o aprendizado na balança em forma de fortaleza,

E no momento seguinte,

Se mostra um verdadeiro inimigo do conhecimento,

Querendo somente fechar os olhos

E respirar dentro de uma paz profunda!..

O homem é antes de tudo, 

O inimigo daquilo que julga por certo.

No fundo,

Ele não deseja culpar ninguém pelo o…

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Weather whiplash in Canada: extreme rains hit wildfire-devastated British Columbia » Yale Climate Connections

Flooding and landslides from Monday’s storm cut the three main highways connecting the city of Vancouver, located on the Pacific coast, with the interior portions of Canada. Damage to some of these highways was extreme, and will result in months-long closures. In addition, all rail access to Vancouver was cut by the flooding, with closures expected to last days or weeks. These closures may have significant impacts on the Canadian economy, since the Port of Vancouver is the largest port in Canada, and fourth-largest in North America. Canada is one of the world’s largest grain exporters, and the flood damage will interrupt exports of wheat and vegetable oil, potentially causing a rise in global food prices, which are already at a 46-year high... Source: Weather whiplash in Canada: extreme rains hit wildfire-devastated British Columbia » Yale Climate Connections

Es muss einfach mal gesagt werden: Krankenpflegepersonal … It has to be said: nursing personnel

Stella, oh, Stella

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… The English text follows after the German in one block.

Wie ihr vielleicht mitbekommen habt, hat in Dänemark das Krankenpflegepersonal dieses Jahr gestreikt für bessere Arbeitsbedingungen und höheren Stundenlohn. Wir alle glaubten, dass sie eine gute Chance hatten, von wegen “Helden an der Front” und so weiter.

Man muss einleitend dazu anmerken, dass es seit mindestens 15 Jahren an Krankenpflegepersonal mangelt, einerseits weil die Arbeitsbedingungen so schlecht sind, dass nicht so viele junge Leute den Beruf ergreifen wollen, andererseits weil diejenigen, die im Job sind, überbelastet sind und dann dementsprechend of krank sind. Nichts wurde unternommen, um die Situation zu verbessern. Wenn also letztes Jahr das Gesundheitswesen so unter Druck war, ist es nicht allein die Schuld von COVID-19, sondern auch von der langjährigen Vernachlässigung dieses Sektors. Das ist nicht nur in Dänemark so, sondern auch in anderen europäischen Ländern. Die Regierung und das zuständige…

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Ketchup From Scratch

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What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? The Food Whisperer: Ketchup From Scratch! Many gourmet burger joints are joining the health revolution by opting out with in-house condiments. For those who truly appreciate knowing exactly what’s in the food they eat, here is a novel recipe for homemade ketchup without high fructose corn syrup and extra preservatives. It’s incredibly simple to make and can be prepared in about 30 minutes. The taste, you ask? OMG! I never thought I’d actually consider ketchup a veggie, but now I do. Enough said.

KETCHUP FROM SCRATCH

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 medium onion, chopped

2 garlic cloves, chopped

1 teaspoon ginger, peeled and chopped

1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

1/4 teaspoon ground allspice

2 tablespoons tomato paste

28-ounce can whole Italian Roma tomatoes in juice

1/3 cup brown sugar, packed

1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

Sea salt and ground black pepper, to taste

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Texas Woman Pleads Guilty to Schemes to Procure Adoptions from Uganda and Poland through Bribery and Fraud | OPA | Department of Justice

According to court documents, Debra Parris, 69, of Lake Dallas, engaged in a scheme with others to bribe Ugandan officials to procure adoptions of Ugandan children by families in the United States. These bribes included payments to (a) probation officers intended to ensure favorable probation reports recommending that a particular child be placed into an orphanage; (b) court registrars to influence the assignment of particular cases to “adoption-friendly” judges; and (c) High Court judges to issue favorable guardianship orders for the adoption agency’s clients. In her plea agreement, Parris also admitted that she continued to direct the adoption agency’s clients to work with her alleged co-conspirator Dorah Mirembe, after knowing that Mirembe caused clients of the adoption agency to provide false information to the U.S. State Department for the purpose of misleading it in its adjudication of visa applications.

According to court documents, in a second scheme, after alleged co-conspirator Margaret Cole, the adoption agency’s Executive Director, learned that clients of the adoption agency determined they could not care for one of the two Polish children they were set to adopt, Parris and her co-conspirator took steps to transfer the Polish child to Parris’s relatives, who were not eligible for intercountry adoption. In her plea agreement, Parris also admitted that after the child was injured and hospitalized, Parris agreed with her co-conspirator to conceal their improper conduct from the U.S. State Department in an attempt to continue profiting from these adoptions.

Parris pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and commit visa fraud in connection with the Uganda scheme, and conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with the Poland scheme. She is scheduled to be sentenced on March 9, 2022. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors…

Source: Texas Woman Pleads Guilty to Schemes to Procure Adoptions from Uganda and Poland through Bribery and Fraud | OPA | Department of Justice

Sweden to introduce Covid vaccination pass for public events – Radio Sweden | Sveriges Radio

  • …Sweden is to introduce a Covid vaccination pass for public indoor events of more than 100 people, the government said at a news conference Wednesday.
  • The measure, expected to come into force from 1 December, will apply to people over the age of 18 at venues such as theatres and sports events.
  • The reason for the introduction is the risk of increased spread of infection in Sweden…

Source: Sweden to introduce Covid vaccination pass for public events – Radio Sweden | Sveriges Radio